Out-of-Bounds Affecting libtiff-devel package, versions <0:4.0.3-35.42.amzn1


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.1% (43rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN201803-LIBTIFFDEVEL-3157553
  • published6 Dec 2022
  • disclosed31 Aug 2022

Introduced: 31 Aug 2022

CVE-2022-1355  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-121  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2018.03 libtiff-devel to version 0:4.0.3-35.42.amzn1 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS-2022-1644.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libtiff-devel package and not the libtiff-devel package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2018.03 relevant fixed versions and status.

A stack buffer overflow flaw was found in Libtiffs' tiffcp.c in main() function. This flaw allows an attacker to pass a crafted TIFF file to the tiffcp tool, triggering a stack buffer overflow issue, possibly corrupting the memory, and causing a crash that leads to a denial of service.

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